Jack-spool stand.



UNITE@ STD JAMES' RENNIE, 0F ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

JACK-SPOOL STAND.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES RENNIE, subject ofthe King of England, residing at Andover, in the county of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Jack- Spool Stands, of which the following is aspecilication.

The object of my invention is to provide means for supporting a brokenjack spool so that the yarn thereon may be respooled onto another spoolwithout any loss of yarn.

Hereto-fore when a jack spool has been broken, it has been customary todrive arbors in the ends of each section or piece of the jack spool andthen wind the yarn off separately from each of the broken sections. Asthe yarn on the spool is about ten inches in diameter when the spool isfull, and as there is nothing to hold the yarn on the broken parts ofthe jack spool, a good deal of the yarn falls off and goes to waste.There is liable to be a loss of from two to siX pounds of yarn by thismethod of respooling, and as each pound is worth from $1.00 to $1.50,the loss is quite considerable. My jack spool holder or stand isintended to obviate this difliculty by providing the stand in which thebroken spool may be mounted and which will support both sections of thespool so that the yarn may be drawn off therefrom and respooled withoutany such loss.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved jack spool stand. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same, the upper arm being in section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a standard which may be made ofany suitable material but which is preferably metal and having a base 3projecting out at right angles thereto, said base being formed with anopening 4 for a lag screw. The base at its end has an upstanding portion5 formed with a socket 6 for the spindle or arbor of the lower end of aspool.

Shiftably mounted upon the standard 2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 21, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5,1913. serial No. 716,309.

is an arm 7 whose inner end is enlarged and formed with a slot orperforation 8 through which the standard 2 passes. rllhis arm isadjustably mounted upon the standard 2 so that it may be raised andlowered and is held in any adjusted position by means of an adjustingscrew 9. The outer end of the arm is formed with a downwardly extendingportion 10 provided with a socket 1l for the upper end of the arbor orspindle of the spool. The yarn is indicated in Fig. l by the ordinal l2and the spindle or arbor upon which t-he yarn is wound is designated 13.The standard 2 is supported in a vertical position in any suitablemanner but as illustrated, it is supported by means of a brace la havingan angular terminal end l5 and an angular lower terminal end 16. Theupper end of the brace is attached to the standard 2 by means of screws16 or in any other suitable manner, while the other end of the brace isintended to be attached to any suitable base by means of a screw 19.

In operation, one end of the broken jack spool is set in the socket 6 ofthe base 3 and the arm 7 is adjusted downward until the Lipper end ofthe arbor or spindle of t-he spool projects into the socket l1. The armor cap 7 is then held in place by means of the screw 9. Yarn can now bewound onto another jack spool without loss inasmuch as the weight of theyarn and the weight of the spool tends to hold the broken sections inplace upon each other. The yarn may be wound off precisely as if thespool were not broken.

I have tried this jack stand in the manner above indicated and find itthoroughly effective in practice and that it saves, as before stated,anywhere from two to siX pounds of yarn on each spool rewound.

While I have illustrated a form of my invention which I have found to bethoroughly effective in practice and entirely simple in operation, I donot wish to be limited thereto as it is obvious that many changes mightbe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

A stand for supporting bro-ken jack spools including a base, a standard,a lower spindle supporting member having a socket closed at its lowerend and adapted to receive the lower end of the jack spool spindle, andan spindle suppo'tng members being relatively upper spindle Supportingmember mounted adjustable toward or from each other. 10 upon theStandard and having a sockel: Vln testimony whereof I alx my signatureclosed at its lower end und adapted lo rein presence of two Witnesses.

zelve the upper end of the jack spool spindle, JAMES RENNIE. lL. 5.]

Said Sockets being each of such dept-h aS to ltnessesi prevent relativemovementbetween the DANIEL M. MAGUIRE,

broken pau-ls of the jack Spool spindle, said l ARTHUR BLISS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

